LISTEN TO MY SONG! (For Prince Ali’s next upgrade he will be getting Guitar Controls for his Gundam)
Jihad-kun: Why Azadistan? People need mercenaries all over the world, why here? Why in my Mariana’s home?
Prince Ali: Every place is somebody’s home pal, but it doesn’t stop people from going to war. I don’t start wars, I didn’t start this one. It seems like it’s Mariana’s fellow Azadistanis who want each other dead. Besides why should I give a shit about her home? Why should anyone? You want me to go somewhere else to someone else’s home that you don’t give a shit about?
Jihad-kun: What if it were your home?
Prince Ali: War is my home. I had a home once, it was called Kurdistan not that you did anything to try and save it.
Jihad-kun: Why be a mercenary? Why not a designer or shoemaker?
Prince Ali: What’s the difference? Same job really. You get up, talk to an employer, finish your, job and receive payment. Sounds boring, but it’s not, its just simple. I am doing what men have been doing for thousands of years, trading labor for money. If it’s you who wants to attach morality to it, make it evil? Insane. People in the PMC Trust their unionized right? You think kids in Kurd Diaspora making t-shirts and tennis shoes pull down forty grand a year on a forty hour work week? You start thinking too much about morality, that’s insane.
I’ll tell you what is sick; people like you in Celestial Being, Richieria, fucking Seel and Azadistan. They fund terror groups so some prick in mobile suit can fire off his weapons in a public marketplace to kill one Kurd and whatever happens to be next to him. So yeah may be a war of liberation doesn’t happen for another six months and the price of their gluten free sorghum bread stays low. It’s not sick to fight for these people, it’s sick to bump off their leaders and their heroes in protection of “Middle Eastern” interests and then calling it justice. The Kurds don’t have a mobile suit guarding their interests a thousand miles away. They don’t have a terror network paid for by blood stained oil money. Where I am they no longer even have a government, the Gundam 00 is the oppressor, Mariana’s gluten free sorghum bread is the oppressor; I am the great equalizer. I empower these people.
What do you think you’re going to achieve with this chit chat? You think someone from the Federation is going to hear it and come after me? Shit no, I am a necessary evil. They want me here, they’re glad I am here because if I wasn’t they might have to come try to stem the tide. It would be thankless and worthless, and once the bodies start coming home in bags they’re screwed. A dead twenty-three year old from Russia gets more air time than the deaths of the 50,000 people he gave his life to protect. So even if they give a shit, their own media prevents them from taking action.
It’s a girl!
Still mourning Ginin I see.
Ginin’s heir?
Sumeragi gets full of her self after beating Lindt though a game exploit, but the AI director Ribbons decides to spring three Innovators on them, surprise was total and Ptolemy was destroyed, and had to start from the beginning at their last save point. It was a hilarious debacle that showcased how great a griefing engine that the programmers at Innovators have made. It was clever coming out of nowhere with two pilots who had previously lost their suits. Lyle thinks he’s in an eroge and tries to get some flags off of Anew, but no cigar for the ersatz Irishman, indeed he did get the BAD END and was spanked with a yaoi paddle for his indiscretion. It seems only true Irishmen like Patrick have the kind of manly musk that make them more endearing to women or at least a finer grasp of the aspects of menus masquerading as games. While the Haros do all the texture popping the crew is rejoined by Ian who just happened to finally raptured himself out of the Vita-Chamber. They then play a mini-game until Marie brings them some more health packs to regain hit points. We are then given a 90 minute cut scene involving Saji molesting his precious.
You were expecting Taiga?
Jihad-kun is not into girls…
Commence Yandere count down…
Jihad-kun is separated but has a random encounter with Nena, and instead of killing her for some experience points and some gold, Jihad-kun elects to flee from the level one monster. It seems Jihad-kun suffers from a fear of the cooties. After twenty three minutes of cut scenes the game finally starts, but oh wait we have a short cut scene involving Sergei and Hercules at Shadow Moses. It seems the Son of Zeus wishes to start a coup, Kataron is eager to support another Pinochet wannabe, but Sergei is left with a tough decision of whether to be a Fork or a Yang Wenli. So the game finally starts and Prince Ali is straddled with a boring escort mission to cart Jihad-kun around the ruins of Kurdistan to stuff the stupid fuck full of food. One thing led to another and Jihad-kun wandered off got wasted and had to call Prince Ali for a cab due to path finding issues and a way point system more bug ridden than Sumeragi’s vagina. When Prince Ali finally gets to the end of the map, we are treated to another 90 minute cut scene in which Ribbons tells the loser Jihad-kun that he was the original meister and that it was time to return Gundam 00 to its rightful owner. Like a spoiled tosser Jihad-kun refuses and tries to shoot an unarmed man. Prince Ali makes a clean headshot, but because the physics in this game are so utterly broken the bullet careened off into Jihad-kun’s shoulders. Despite the glitch Prince Ali gives Jihad-kun a good kicking up until the Trans-AM was activated. Prince Ali almost completed the “Kill Klaus and His Whore” side quest, but due to a bug, the game forced an automatic save out.
Let me guess Goldenbaum?
Contrary to the ideals of Admiral Wenli…
And when all is said and done they will be your puppet instead…
Bring Stabity and Tieria go at it but it soon becomes apparent that Bring Stabity was using the Dan variant of GARazzo and could not win the fight once Trans-AM Rufus was activated. Bring Stabity then exchanged his copy Gundam 00 Crossfire for Left 4 Dead. Revival decided to stick it out, but due to Haptism’s dirt stupid AI Revival was able to fight a slug match against Haptism in an artillery suit. Princess Poverty starts playing Choir Hero and once she was bored with Awesome God, she decides to write her own tracks. It seems however that lead developer Mizushima had been smoking some of Kawamori’s stash. At the end of the level the action completely shuts down as Mariana and Chipmunks start singing Aimo Aimo O.C. Ninjin Loves You Yay! Neko Days Praise the Little Queen Nyan Nyan. In anticipation for the sequel, Gundam 00 Crossfire 15: Bob’s Greed, there is a teaser trailer where Billy gives Bushido Bob a new GN Flag III dubbed Masurao. We also get a teaser trailer for Gundam 00R: the Legend of Louise, a renai game where a most lovely Louise gets to see the prototype of what will one day be her new suit that will help her in her quest to avenge her family, also she gets at least one new suitor named Divine.
The Kataron community frowns up on your CP collection, Ikeda…
Is Fucking METAL.
Final Boss = Ribbons in Nu Gundam 00
Impression:
The three fights were a good idea on paper, but in the end each was rather short individually with Revival squaring off against Haptism coming off as a ploy to try and make Haptism relevant after they killed his plot thread. I would have much rather seen more of Prince Ali fighting Gundam 00 Raiser, but such is life I suppose. Ribboins turns out to be more badass as Dark Amuro was wiping the floor with people, Gundam 00 obviously belongs to Amuro, I can’t wait to see Nu Gundam 00 when Final Boss Ribbons decides that play time is over. I guess Gundam 00 Raiser is simply OP I would have thought that Prince Ali would have at least had Jihad-kun on the ropes here and there but alas Trans-AM beats all. I hope now that Bob finally has a new pimped out Flag that Gundam 00 Raiser finally meets it’s first equal, though it seems that Louise is in for a midseason upgrade. Overall since 2009 has been such a bad year so far for terrorists like Hamas and the Tamil Tigers, that they might have become depressed at these turn of events. I suppose Sunrise decided to offer a military coup as a remedy, but if Yang Wenli taught us anything is that the military should never usurp power in such a vile manner. I hope Sergei levels up to a Yang Wenli rather than lose karma points to become a Trunhit. Still begging Kawamori for some of his stash was probably a good an idea as any. It seems we are pulling away from GRIMDARK and heading towards an “everybody vs Ribbons.” I wonder if Mariana and the Chipmunks will be singing on the bridge of Battle Ptolemy to fight Ribbons Apple. I think that this might well be the decisive turning point where we are headed towards floating rocks and the like. I guess Mariana wants to be a songstress instead of a despot, I bet her heart is going dokun dokun with excitement that she can at least sing in addition to being a couch potato.
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fap fap fap fap
It seems that even Prince Ali can be shocked and appalled…
Mizushima and Kawamori getting high off songs aside, the new OP was a mixed bag for me I am not too fond of the song at this juncture, but I was delighted to see Anew’s Hopes and Dreams. Louise was great in the short time that she was given and it looks like she is going to try and kill Saji. Sadly the lack of Patrick and Katie is a dire portent I hope that when the end comes Katie will accept Patrick. I worry about Bushido Bob being the nemesis of Jihad-kun given how he’s been warming the bench for most of this season. If Masurao is the ultimate expression of Billy’s desire for vengeance and justice then I hope Bob will be clashing with Jihad-kun every chance he gets. It seems that Prince Ali was just too bad ass and was denied an upgrade, it’s a shame really, the only reason why Stabity dies was because he was trying to take Tieria alive, but with Stabity dead I hope Ribbons puts a hit on Tieria. In truth it’s not much of a fight, and in all likelihood Prince Ali will be taking on Lyle, Haptism, and Tieria all at once while Bob beats the shit out of Jihad-kun.
cue stripper music…
CAN’T UNSEE!
And thus were Ribbons’ hopes of selling uncensored Gundam 00 DVDs cast upon the floor.
In regards to the leaderboard Prince Ali is still dominating the rest in terms of named character kills, Jihad-kun has to split his kills with Saji and Red Haro but at least has finally advanced a few ranks. Revive Revival figured out that by blasting Ptolemy he could get more kills per shot and blitzed his way to rank seven. Sadly Anew has yet to pilot her GN Archer, and poor Louise has been denied the ability to sortie so her rank directly reflects her lack of flight time. Now that we are past the half way point I hope that our pilots start going at it for the coveted Yazan Trophy.
Aimo Aimo…
Prince Ali does not approve of Aimo Maraina remix.
Urge to mate rising…
Yakkk decultcha…
Katie’s Flagship, Ulysses.
The rest of Task Force 16.
Should have went with Big Zam.
Captain Ginin wanted to give it to you personally, but…
I am Captain Divine, I have served the House of Ginin, by the will of my late master I swear fealty to House Halevy.
Andrei, Louise is into girls, get over it…
The King of Flags.
Who do you think I am?
Billy’s desperate, Katie can sense it. Quick Mein Oberst hide behind Patrick!
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You really… just typed along things at the top of your head, didn’t you? I almost nod at the fact that Shakespeare smoked some weed before getting to business. Methinks thou shall be wantonly drunken , Ser.. Far much delectable to the eyes. ;P
Btw, I’m surprised you didn’t cry foul to sunrise for the new opening. Cheap tricks, but nevertheless works
I was expecting five times more angry and at least 30 times more pro A-LAWS and Innovator’s propaganda. Somebody’s getting soft. Anyway Stabity died because he screwed up and charge in to early, the Empress looks more like a scaled down Alvatore, and I’m pretty sure the characters name is Marina, not Mariana. Unless there’s some 4Chan name for her which I’m unaware of, which I very well might be. Nevertheless good idea for the article title.
No he isn’t Kaio. Once in awhile he goes scoreboard mode, which is probably one of his better moments =]
And like, even though he’d still be #1, how is it fair Ali gets a ghost kill? I mean, WTF IS A GHOST KILL?
And LOL at giving Patrick the kill for Tieria. That’s such a sham.
I think I’m possibly the only one who still thinks the original Overflag was the best. Masurao looks like a giant stag beetle in those pictures, and his opening scene with 00-Raiser reminds me of Megaman X vs Zero. I mean, the damn thing just needs a sword to be his wang and he’s set as the most gangster suit already, his BALLS are clearly bigger than anyone else’s right now.
And yeah, if Ali doesn’t get a new suit he’s being knocked off for Last Boss candidacy leaving only Bob and Dark Amuro. Unless, he steals Amuro’s Gundam at the end. LOL.
At least they tried to make Setsuna more skilled, but in the end, as grossly overpowered as 00-Raiser is, there really is no excuse worth mentioning. Even Patrick piloting that thing would yield results that finishes the game within 10 episodes. But at least they tried. Good job Jihad, you even managed to make Ali hype you up. FUJIKEI JOBBING AGAIN, WHAT ELSE IS NEW? =P
Damn, how long will it take for the A-Laws and Innovators to come up with a plan to counter CB’s Trans-Am hax? Hell, they should just order their pilots to force the Meisters to use Trans-Am, then run around and try to stay alive until Trans-Am wears off before going in and stomping the Meister’s guts out. And they should have been able to figure it out several episodes ago. It’s like their ability to learn from experience/gather combat data has been turned off.
@D=: I’m assuming ghost kill refers to how he killed Amy Dylandy before the series even started. Hence the very second the show started he was ahead by one official kill.
the CB gundams secret is finally revealed, they channel the spirit of kamina-sama himself.
I henceforth christen the seraphim gundam and masurao the gundam lagann and shin musha flag respectively.
and thus GARazzo was punished by gundam lagann for having girly beam fingernails and therefore being unworthy of having GAR in it’s title.
repeat after me. GN…CANNON!…BREAKER!!!!!!
i quite liked the fight between ali and setsuna, setsuna proved he can still hold his own despite being injured and is quite the capable pilot, the only thing giving ali a stay of execution was princess poverty’s singing.
plus it’s also amusing to see ribbons expressions of annoyance as he realises that his actions are comming back to bite him in the arse (namely letting setsuna live and them tampering with veda to make him a meister)
Louise seems to be going down the path of Quess Paraya, which doesn’t say much for her chances of survival.
and in closing, goddamn it billy stop enouraging bushido bob by giving him a cosplaying flag, it’s bad enough having him fight your battles for you.
@Kaioshin: WAIT WHAT? NOVEL/ETC/FORMAT FRAG? SOURCE PLZ KAIO! LINKKKKKKK
@Mechabao: I use to complain about that too. Then I realized this show ain’t ever going to apply COMMON sense into it, seeing as how they struggle to GANG UP on people and just IGNORE/dodge their attackers instead of ONE VEE ONE BASKETBALL WITH THE GREAT ONE every battle.
@Blind: LOL YES I can’t believe I forgot about the sunglasses. Wow I failed hard. And yeah I liked how Setsuna actually you know, won a fight. Only thing I didn’t like was how he magically dropped his guard. AT LEAST HOLD THE PISTOL UP WHILE THEY TALK T_T but again like I said above, COMMON SENSE is not in Sunrise products.
I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but if any of you were in Jihad’s situation, do you ACTUALLY want to listen to an Innovator and your Terrorist Instructor instead of just KILLING THEM? The guy is more Bushido than Mr.Bushido, and he’s doing it out of sheer stupidity rather than the ethics portion.
But meh, I finished Heroes awhile ago, this no longer bothers me.
@D=
If I were in Setsuna’s place, I’d have shot Ali the moment he turned his back on me. And then I would have kept shooting to make sure he was dead. Hmm I wonder what would happen if Sagara Sousuke was the lead character instead of the emo-meisters…
hhmmm…. Daizengar
Well, I’m not saying there’s one solution. But my point is, he made the mistake of being an idiot and not realizing at any moment the whistle could be blown, and in fact, he friggin blew the whistle himself. He just as usual, forgets that he is the slow turtle that actually needs a 10 mile head start if he’s going to wake the rabbit. And he didn’t. Luckily this turtle gets to ride a jet plane while the rabbit gets to ride a bike in round two.
I mean, yeah it gives him more “character”, but just the fact that he let the guy live was probably “character” enough, the whole getting shot thing when he pulled a gun first when he CLEARLY wasn’t going to listen to their demands is REALLLLLLY pushing it for minimal iQ level.
Unless of course, we start believing he’s related to Patrick in some way. Cause then, it all makes sense, just that he lost all his humor….and he’s middle eastern. But hey WHO KNOWS.
I just can’t see how people still remotely LIKE this guy as the MAIN CHARACTER. In fact, WHY IS HE THE MAIN CHARACTER?
I skiped the opening dialogue, but the rest was so funny to read that I almost spilled my coffe on the keyboard.
Damn Crusader, I just jizzed my pants reading this post. Lol Maried off.
Too much new mech goodies this episode, I wonder if they could keep up churning out more.
(where’s Calawain tho)
@D=
I don’t know either. My best guess would be because they want to pilot the super robot 00 Gundam as well so they see themselves in him or something…
In my case though, I don’t see how people could like Saji or Marina. The former’s a spineless wuss who’s shed enough tears to fill an olympic-sized swimming pool and the latter could be replaced by a wooden plank with a face and boobs drawn on it.
Man, I love when Nena’s Haro acts like a dick.
@D=
I guess Setsuna’s popular in Japan, personality, or lack thereof, and all. Maybe the Japanese treat him like a harem lead. A male lead with minimal personality traits on top of which they can superimpose themselves onto?
I found it funny that the CB got their butts handed to them right after blowing up the station but we only get to hear about it after the fact, Sunrise propaganda…again?
I’m liking Ribbons a lot more after this ep. He might as well told Setsuna, “I am the ONE TRUE GUNDAM, and I am your father!” Course, like all emo teens Setsuna reply is, “So what if without you I’d just be a smear in the primordial ooze. ARRGGG EMO-ANGST-POWERS ACTIVATE, rage against authority figure.”
As far as Ali shooting Jihad-kun, Ribbons hit it right on the nose. Ali didn’t miss nor was it a plot shield deflection. He chose not to kill the brat, but in fact choose to just shoot him in the arm. Also, got to love Sunrise, hey let Setsuna get shot with Ali’s GN pistol but don’t forget to make the wound bleed cause all beam weapons don’t cauterize wounds.
Bob’s new suit… I just can’t muster up any caring about Billy making a Flag cosplay as Daizenga.
What kills me is that now someone want to coup cause a small independent military faction is doing their job? WTF, log a freaking complaint, get the press involved. No matter how awesome sunrise tries to make A-Laws the combined might of the regular Feddie military would probably outnumber them 10-1 in suits if not 1000-1 in personnel. Not to mention they probably have some spec ops groups within it that probably has tech equavilant to A-Laws. Also, coups only work if you want to topple the government. Well in this case they KNOW that A-Laws is the bad seed, why not just go after them instead of the government. Well we always wondered where Kataron got all those suits and ships from, I think we safely say we’ve found the source.
Another thing that didn’t make any sense to me is how Hercules says that the Feddie government is nothing but a puppet of the A-Laws(unless the subbers made a mistake somehow, it’s doubtful though). I can understand the Feddies covering up for the A-Laws’ fuckup during the Memento Mori’s destruction, but puppets of a special operations group? It’s like saying “The US government is a puppet of and we have to let the people know” as an excuse for people in the US Army to stage a coup. It’s flat-out stupid. I only hope that Hercules is a member of some sort of military internal affairs who’s looking for traitors in the Federation military.
“The US government is a puppet of and we have to let the people know” should read: “The US government is a puppet of –insert SOG name here– and we have to let the people know”
WTB edit button.
I like bob’s suit,call me weird.
The fact that I always read your Gundam post before actually watching the episode always keeps it more confusing for me!
Happy New Year (thou it’s late)
Omar
@rev
I am in a good mood real life is going pretty well so far.
Anew has tits that’s all that matters. It was as if the public told Sunrise “Tits or GTFO”, they showed tits…
@Kaioshin
You think I give a flying fuck about how to spell their names? Shit no, their name is Toby get over it. Getting soft? Hell no given how Sunrises’ sympathy for terrorism has been torn and bombed to shreds as of late, I think they were crying, Kawamori got tired of their bitching, and made them take a smoke break out of his hookah. They then marathoned TTGL, producing this. I guess the Sri Lankan offensive against the Tamil Tigers made them bawww hard.
Considering how no one has any idea what the fuck is going on, breaking out the music was the only way to go after GN Pixie dust made Tomino call them OP. Hell if they are smoking from Kawamori’s hookah that’s fine with me. Honestly I laughed pretty damn hard. Let the count down to floating rocks begin.
In the case of Sergei if he goes along with the coup he will measure poorly against Yang Wenli.
@D=
It’s not Patrick fault that Sunrise vita chambered a whole schlock of CB Terrorists, besides Tieria did not show up at the end of season 1. He just started a new character is all.
Gundam 00 Raiser is OP let’s hope the Flag 3.0 patch fixers things. Right now even Saji piloting the thing could rick roll a bunch of A-Laws mooks.
As for Ghost Kills yeah Amy Dylandy was one of Prince Ali’s victims when he gave her a cab ride.
@Mechabao
Simple they commission Grace to compose an O.C. remix.
@blind_dead_mcjones
Pfft…Kamina has no use for girly men with problems who do not believe in the Kamina that believes in them. Besides Gundam 00 Raiser is OP Saji could be at the controls and it would still be OP. Given Prince Ali a suit that matches the brokeness of Gundam 00 Raiser and we shall see who is the better pilot. At this point Gundam 00 Raiser is like a Fourth Generation Jet fighting Biplanes. We shall see if Jihad-kun has improved when he finally meets Bushido Bob.
At this point why even complain about Bob? He’s a fucking Otaku that’s living the dream, cosplaying every day, getting a custom mecha because he has a permit. Don’t be jealous, as if you would not cosplay every day for a free mecha and a permit to do what ever the hell you wanted. Shoot we got faerie dust and songs that cross vast distances, Princess Poverty only needs a manager to seal the deal and start the shit storm when her remixed song brings in a swarm of Aheads that kills everything.
@Tenryu
I bet Masurao has enough swords of various sizes to put Exia to shame.
@mareo
You have to admit though the Gundam 00 14 is coded rather badly.
@schneider
Calawain starts his first week of Law School IIRC he has to travel a bit ways away.
I hope Ali gets an upgrade, but it doesn’t look like it, Ribbons will have a Nu Gundam 00 I suppose.
@jpmeyer
Evil Haros are superior, besides generally they tend to be more witty than their masters who have a severe case of the stupid.
@Square
As if Jihad-kun could usurp the title of Mr. Gundam from Amuro. Hank Hercules is rather dumb considering how Homer wasn’t even pulling the strings to integrate the Federation Army. Indeed it was like saying because Delta Force does some secretive shit that the US Army has to start a coup to expose them…it’s real thick bullshit. Still I think we are sliding into the realm of Ninjin Loves You Yay! simply because Sunrise has started smoking from Kawamori’s hookah.
@Mechabao
It’s flat out dumb, and it will be even more dumb if Sergei goes against the teaching of Yang Wenli.
@Zentari
You’re not weird, who doesn’t want to be Bushido Bob?
@Omar Ali
Happy New Year to you too.
@D=: Oh come now, you can’t blame an anime for being an anime. Of course if someone’s doing the old expositiory dialogue bit the character is going to stop to listen to them. This goes for almost any show.
And Setsuna’s the main character because his personality appeals to what Japanese teens to young adults seemingly wish they could be. Impervious to all the world’s problems and equipped with the tools to solve them…..together with Gundam.
@Mechabao: I’ve got nothing against Saji any more since he’s finally stopped trying to act all high and mighty and settled down into his position as Ptolemy’s engineer in training. As long as he’s contributing he should be no more or less despised than Billy or Ian. Marina on the other hand….well I’m starting to believe that they want us to hate her and her ways of just sitting around and expecting all her problems to solve themselves.
And the Federation government is a puppet of the A-LAWS is a puppet of the Innovator’s. Of course Hercules probably doesn’t know about the Innovator’s so he just says A-LAWS. It’s not entirely untrue anyway. I mean we could assume that the order to fire Memento Mori never came from 00Bama and instead just came straight from Ribbons, which it apparently did so that’s a usurption of authority right there.
By the way, wasn’t Setsuna originally called a direct copy of Sagara Sousuke (Who by the way is pretty much an expy of Heero Yuy to begin with) by a lot of skeptical viewers? Whatever happened to that and why are we now speculating what it would be like if Sagara Sousuke (a character as equally or perhaps even more thick-headed then Setsuna) were the main character. I mean christ, at least with Setsuna we’re saved from having to go through all that Men are from Mars/Women are from Venus crap that we would probably have to go through if it were Sagara and Marina (or Chidori) instead.
@Square: Or you know maybe they just didn’t feel like showing it (don’t ask me why). It’s not like we didn’t have the last arc of the first season and pretty much the first hand of this one dedicated to CB getting their asses handed to them and escaping on a wing and a prayer.
And actually Setsunsa’s response to Ribbons was pretty much the equivalent of a flat out no. I don’t see where there’s any room to even speculate or bring up the idea of emo, which by the way he is not at all in his current character incarnation. That honor goes to Marina. I really don’t see where there’s room to make this mistake. Just because a character is quiet most of the time and tends to talk in short and cryptic sentences doesn’t make them emo. Unless that means Sagara Sousuke is now emo too along with someone like Kenshiro. And what exactly is wrong with a character getting shot and having the wound bleed? Unless you think he’s supposed to be made of iron or something. :\
And also you’re forgetting that Ribbons pretty much controls the flow of information in this new combined Earth Federation and thus any complaints would be dealt with through the usual propaganda and then he could send one of his Innovators to eliminate the target. And nobody ever said Hercules plan to topple the Feddy government was based on the best of intel. Again, there’s an extremely good chance he knows nothing about Ribbons and the Innovators. Anyway, something tells me his coup is destined to fail or to be inneffective in the long run and that we’ll be left to rely on CB’s capability of taking down the real threat in Innovator’s.
Though wouldn’t it be hilarious if he does succeed and then turns out to be a member of Kataron and installs them as the government, not just for the shock it would deliver to manly-man and career soldier Sergei Smirnov, but for revealing once and for all to everyone if Kataron really are just a bunch of self-serving power hungy dicks?
your killboard reminded me of the battletech game i played in Dave and Buster’s yesterday
lol
00bama is the president of the Federation and has connections to Ribbons. Federation has a regular army and A-LAWS. I think we need here to change the Federation government.
Perhaps someone from the regular Federation supplies Katharon.
I guess Bring was too MANLY for the Innovators.
Hercules still reminds me of Aeolia and maybe that’s why I don’t think that he is going to do something good.
I still think that Sergei isn’t going to be the part of the coup.
Re the op: I don’t like it now, but I highly suspect it will grow on me.
The ep is full of mecha goodness. The designs seem more and more cartoony, somehow they remind me of TTGL. I don’t dislike it, I’m still just getting used to this design direction.
I enjoyed the fights, to the point that I can almost ignore Saji crying, again. Forgiven, forgiven. Which brings me to the sudden disruption of the battle between Ali and Setsuna…
Marina why? I don’t like it! I don’t like your song. I don’t like you! How can your singing reach the 00′s cockpit and through Setsuna’s helmet? Macross handwaves important details like this and nobody expects them to have to explain how such a random medley in ep 25 could work without practice, instruments, backup vocals, and an honest-to-goodness broadcast system. But Gundam, I need you to be a bit more grounded. A selfish request, but I make it nonetheless.
So I expect it to have to do with GN Particles or some other Newtype class phenomenon. In the end I’ll settle, but for now I wish for more effort.
Re the show becoming everybody vs FUCKING RIBBONS, I remember we had these misgivings about Code Geass R2, when it seemed that it was going to be everybody vs. Charles. It didn’t turn out that way, which was cool. So my gripes aside, I look forward to the next episode.
This week Episode was awesome. A lots of Battle and I enjoyed it.
Now This time Prince Ali get pwned together with Mr.Bring Stabity.
well, I see The Current Leaderboard still Prince Ali and I think he deserve some Upgrade for his mobile suit.
Hell yeah, Louise got some Upgrade too and what do we have here….!!! A Custom Suit For Bushido Bob?? Meh… Masurao Design looks Terrible and seems Equipped with DRAGOON system aka FANGS… (just my fake prediction)
The thing that made me surprised Ribbons is the first meister in Anno Domini era Wow as i expected from Ray Amuro Predecessor.
Finally rumour of Seraphim gundam were true and i will add.it in my next toy collection list alongside with VF-25
@JDMFLCL
At least you have a Dave and Busters where you live out here, the arcades have pretty much died out. I only god online leaderboards to work with now.
Mechwarrior/Battletech, ah those were the days…
@lilu
Bring might have been too manly but Anew seems all woman… XD
If Sergei helps the coup then he will fill Yang Wenli’s ghost with RAGE.
@ghostlightning
Pixie dust does everything it seems. Just don’t LISTEN TO HER SONG and play Nyan Nyan over it, works freaking wonders comrade. I wonder how Nu Gundam 00 will look like…
@Dark Messiah
If only superior performance meant unlocking new and better weapons. Alas in Gundam 00 the randomly generated loot paid out more gold to Ali than any cool weapons.
Soon Masurao will be kicking jihad-kun butt…it will be hilarious.
Task Force 16 looks like it came straight from Vandread, with some minor color changes.
CRY MOAR!!! I’m terribly ashamed to say that I kinda liked the Marina song. T-T
Listens to Shinkuu no Diamond Crevasse and all is fineAli was damn awesome but, thanks to good old Sunrise Hax, he was defeated again. Besides that, I seriously lol-ed at Setsuna’s face when he was going crazy from the gunshot wound and Ribbons’s speech about being Gundam 0.
As always, your reviews are awesome. Thanks to you my friend and I have reached lower levels of RAGE tolerance to anime bullshit.
p.s. I AM HUMANNNNNN!!!!! (oh, tieria)
@blind_dead_mcjones:
Wait, wait, wait.
Did I just hear someone attempt to compare Celestial Being to Kamina?
*shakes head ruefully*
That Far Cry 2 quote is very apt. Fits surprisingly well. Not really a surprise with the writer of Far Cry 2 plot being quite celebrated.
@Kaioshin
Saji is still useless. He has done nothing so far to even justify the air time they’ve given him. Haro could have taken the 0-Raiser out to Setsuna all by itself. Saji was only there to warm the seat after he pisses his pants.
At least Sagara is an infinitely more likeable character than Setsuna. i.e. less moralizing, stupidity etc. and more asskicking. Besides, Sagara’s only a dumbass when it comes to civilian life and romance.
I will withhold final judgement on Hercules until more of his ‘plan’ is revealed. So far though, he’s still a complete dumbass who shouldn’t be at a high enough rank in the Feddie military to even contemplate joining or starting a coup.
@crusader
i’m not complaining about bob i’m complaining about billy, yes she lied to him, yes he got fooled, get over it billy
and hell yes if i could get away with it i would cosplay everyday with a humongous mecha and a funky permit, as opposed to just cosplaying on certain days of the year.
@ Dorian Cornelius Jasper
lets review the facts, we have CB…
defying the odds and pulling off the impossible when common sense dictates they shouldn’t even attempt in the first place.
combining mecha that seem to run of how GAR the character is being (which explains why allelujah now sucks as a pilot).
the pilots only succeeding in whatever they’re doing when they yell lots.
crazy green energy particles that defy the laws of physics and reality.
Yang Wenli may be pissed off if Sergei usurp power, but Reinhard would give Sergei a pat in the back.
LOL @ 00 being overpower; isn’t all Gundams supposed to be overpowered in someway, I don’t know as I haven’t watched every Gundam series but as far as I can remember Gundam = overpowered.
Why did Setsuna get out of his Gundam, I mean, he knows whatever Ali is going to say they are going to disagree. Why didn’t he just go Trans-Am when Ali was out of his mobile suit and overkill him? Why?
@blind_dead_mcjones:
Winning by technology gimmick fiat is hardly “defying the odds.” If they managed to take down superior numbers, pilots, and technology without relying on Trans-Am or hidden cards up their sleeve, and won despite taking terrible damage when everyone expects them to lose then you might’ve had a case.
And if you say “But they can’t win without Trans-Am,” then victory without gimmicks like that would appear to be the sort of impossibility that real men, real GAR would overcome, wouldn’t it?
Remember, Spiral Power functioned primarily as a visual indicator and in-setting quantifier of “fighting spirit” and “the will to live on.” Also love. In-text it was an explanation for the blatantly impossible things done in the show but due to character-centric perspectives the audience is left with the knowledge that in no uncertain terms was this element (the gimmick) the true source of victory. When the chips were down winning or losing in TTGL didn’t hinge on an in-setting technology or supernatural element but rather the hearts and wills of the pilots themselves. You got to see that up close. Gurren Lagann was much more intimate in its portrayal of its heroes and surprisingly less heavy-handed with its drama than, say, Gundam 00.
Let’s face it, Celestial Being wins because of superior equipment, not superior strength of heart. Or even skill. Superficial similarities between the two don’t mask how different the two are at heart or in the messages they deliver.
Now then. I think I’m in the mood for a nice cup of tea.
lol, so after this and now white album, its like everyone is trying to make their show macross…
ore wa uta kike? mariana…please, your song has to actually be good to work like that.
Was spoiled on that bit regarding Marina singing. I honestly thought I was going to see her alter her image and become a Lacus-like character.
@ Dorian Cronelius Jasper
yet another person who makes the mistake of thinking that technology gives someone an edge over everyone else, as i have said before, advanced tech is only as good as the person using it (just look at what graham and ali were able to achieve in what were considered technologically inferior suits) if the 00 gundam was piloted by some newbie it would’ve been trashed already
trans-am is little more than a boost switch, like a nitrous oxide tank in those street racer cars and whatnot, all it does is make it move faster. and generally when something is moving faster than normal it tends to be harder to drive/pilot due to having less time to react to whats happening.
also they frequently do not have the odds in their favour, being outnumbered 50 to 1 is not good odds at all (and ep15 of the 1st season proved that all their fancy technology was all for naught when faced with overwhelming numbers)
and thirdly the comparing CB’s gundams to kamina was a joke, but if you wish to take it seriously by all means continue to do so
also CB wins because they’re the protagonists by arbitary designation, if they had bottom of the line equipment they’d still win because the writers decided that they were the heroes.
@blind_dead_mcjones:
You’re presuming that the Trans-Am crutch doesn’t exist for a reason inside the text itself. If all things were equal between combatants we could make a reasonable assessment of each pilot’s abilities but, alas, they are not.
My complaint is first and foremost with the writers. As you say, if they wanted to give CB a clear disadvantage they could do so. And write a win for them regardless. When pulled off well, without overly obvious WallBanger logic-flaws, it would be both more impressive than most of the battles we’ve seen thus far this season. Note that while they are often at the tactical or numerical disadvantage, as you point out, rarely does the in-text reality meet with audience perception when the Trans-Am gimmick comes into play. And if they really did have bottom-of-the-line equipment in the show, and they did win (because they were written as the heroes) then at least they would do so impressively. One would hope.
The reason why so many 1st season “enemy” pilots were so popular was because they were underdogs who fought a blatantly overwhelming enemy. They rarely succeeded, but they lacked plot armor. The reason why Lockon Stratos (the other one) actually became likable in his last chronological appearance was because he continued to fight a blatantly more powerful enemy while at a clear disadvantage. (That he died also helped raise him in the eyes of the viewers.)
It does not matter whether or not they have tactical disadvantages in the context of the show itself so long as the show is written to alter viewer perception so that the audience does not honestly believe the heroes have a disadvantage. (A lot of times, you’re left wondering “Okay, so, when are they gonna flip the Red Mode on?” instead of wondering how they’re going to win.)
(Note that Gurren Lagann sidestepped this issue entirely by making victory a matter of character psychology, literally, and took steps to make the viewers want to see how Simon wins the day. Especially because the lead-up to this often involved him going through circumstances that would psychologically beat a normal man down. This has the effect of both creating in-text tension as to how he would manage to succeed as well as making the viewer want to see him succeed because of the blood, sweat, and tears he’s lost leading up to the point.)
Which brings me to the final point, if you were attempting to make a joke, you did a poor job of telegraphing it. Instead of replying to my remark with a rebuttal, facetious or otherwise, you could’ve ad-libbed something a bit, well, pithier. When working with humor on the internet, you’ve got to remember that nobody can hear you “speak.”
Except Kaioshin.
@lubczyk : If that’s the case, I’m sold. Except for one point. Since most of those people are idiots and sheeps, what possible traits and characteristics do they have to even superimpose in the first place?
@Kaio: I wouldn’t mind it if they weren’t trying to be so damn gritty from S1. SeeD gave me no qualms, but 00 tries way too hard to be srs bsnz when it actually relies on voice actors and high definition art to carry the series.
@Li Shan: You should be, because not only is Marina only mediocre at singing, they ruined it with you know, her being Princess Poverty in a show called Gundam 00 and had those dumb kids sing a long with her. Point being, the song wasn’t that bad, the scenario just raped it. But Lacus is still better I would think.
I disagree with everyone that Ali put up a good fight though. He finally suffers genuine damage, but besides the giant gap in mecha performance, he screwed up his few chances to actually land hits on 00-Raiser due to his …FujiKei-ness? I mean, using the foot saber instead of your sword is already a dumb decision since it takes more time to pop the thing out, but you could at least turn the vent button off when you shout so he doesn’t hear your incoming attack. The guy is in some ways so realistic to that of a warmonger, but in some ways, you just can’t believe that a real battle luster would make such silly mistakes. This is largely ignorable because every other pilot so far has made mistakes including Graham, but therein lies the downfall of the Prince.
The Prince is pretty much the Lu Bu of all pilots so far. The guy started off with incomparable stats, his first fight against Exia completely outshining Graham’s performance with his custom flag. Accuracy, control of suit, G-force tolerance, everything was in Ali’s favor. Only problem is, even though it’s random, unjustified for most, and purely by plot, most of the characters get “better” throughout the story. Not Ali though. His performance and habits remained the same every time, and while it’s understandable since he’s one of the oldest pilots in the story, he lacks the ability to grow. His life is a race against time itself, because we have plot power increasing the levels of Jihad and friends every episode in random ways.
The ultimate proof is that ep 14 showcased how Ali is basically clueless just like the Innovators of how to watch replays. Despite being one of two people to be omni-slashed by Exia, the guy is still oblivious to Trans-Am. If you knew Exia was going to be super speed already, how would you not guess 00-Raiser be some even more god like paced opponent? More importantly, higher expectations for Ali create even more disappointment as our Prince also fails to watch replays of how 00-Raiser trans-am and rapes Gadessa and GARazzo. All this while Bushido already figured out how to plan around fighting against Trans-Am 5 or so episodes back.
Don’t get me wrong though, the guy is still by far the coolest 00 character along with Bushido, if not cooler. Just that he’s also the most static besides his only dynamic trait: He’s the “fated” man Ribbons narrated. And fated he is, as shown in this episode =] I guess that’s the only thing to look forward to, hoping they will reveal his “reason” for fighting even though most of us probably believes sunrise will troll us and the guy is pretty much a one dimensional fight lover.
Still, the guy is THE best static character in ages. It’s easy to create a lovable dynamic character, but it takes quite some work to make a guy who can’t even level up a favorite. Though maybe he already hit the cap?
^_~ Watching Ali is like reading the Lu Bu chapters in Ravages of Time. You know he’s going to get offed, but it still doesn’t stop you from admiring the epic showmanship, though Lu Bu lacks spunk and makes up for it in smarts.
@blind_dead_mcjones
Bullshit man you’d be pretty pissed if you gave the bitch four years of booze and never got laid for it. Billy did not even get a blow job.
@JDMFLCL
Mein ears did bleed…
@Shin
She’ll paint Gundam 00 Raiser pink…
Wait, since when did Billy NOT get laid? I thought right when we first saw Kujou again it was pretty much implied Billy was tapping it for quite awhile. I mean, she didn’t even have clothes under those sheets and Billy was just watching TV. Either he banged, or he’s whipped so hard he doesn’t even DESERVE the revenge emotion.
And Raigyo died first, that completely shocked me. Maybe the guy has a rule when he voices that the more awesome he sounds, the longer he lives. That death totally sucked though, doesn’t even come close to Hughes.
@D=: Maybe some of us enjoy the grittiness and don’t need everything to be simplified and lulzy in order to identify with a show. That said there are some characters that seem like they belong in an entirely different show such as Patrick and Milena Vashti to name a few. However the former lightens the mood in a good way while the latter seems like she just accidently stepped off of the set of some moe anime.
And if the series relied solely on high def art and voice actors then there would be no reason to discuss and analyze it to the degree that people have been so that simply can’t be the case. Then again some people seem to prefer speculating about the production over the actual content of the episodes that we can easily see and interpret with a degree of accuracy ourselves so I guess it’s all a matter of perspective and interest.
I do like your analysis of Ali’s potential shortcomings by the way. The idea that he may actually be incapable of adapting his fighting style to adjust to the way of war that was introduced along with the GN drive. All of it is fairly sound, minus the plot power thing since anytime anybody wins or loses in combat it’s because the plot was written for them to, regardless of how it happens. If a person wins by skill it’s because of the plot just the same as if a person wins by tech. If a person dies in combat after a hectic battle it’s because the plot says they do just the same as if they escape in a pod. Everything that happens is plot power.
@Crusader: Looks like I’m not the only person speculating that something is going to get painted pink before this is over. The mecha designer’s mission now is to resist the urge to reintroduce an Exia Rouge for Soma/Marie or some other female character to pilot. If he can hold on for 11 more episodes then the curse of Gundam Seed Destiny will have truly been beaten for good.
@D=
Glad I’m not the only one here reading Ravages of Time. Or is it “The Flame Phoenix that Scorches the Plains?” I guess that depends on who you ask.
And I always thought that RoT Lu Bu kinda looked like Aragorn.
… gluten free sorghum bread? :/
But boy, is Setsuna going to pay for staying his hand. Human price hike incoming… Still, it’s nice to see Setsuna repaying his debts once in a while insead of Ali continuing to pile them up when it comes to Soran.
Cool That mobile suit has a trans-am!
Glad I’m not the only one here reading Ravages of Time. Or is it “The Flame Phoenix that Scorches the Plains?” I guess that depends on who you ask.
And I always thought that RoT Lu Bu kinda looked like Aragorn.
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